Peter Sagan The Bridesmaid Again At Tour de France

SAINT-ËTIENNE, France, July 17, 2014 (AFP) – Peter Sagan finished second
for the fourth time at this Tour de France as Alexander Kristoff won
Thursday’s 12th stage.

Sagan now has seven top four finishes and has come home in the top 10 nine
times out of 12 stages but has yet to win one this year.

Once again the 24-year-old was just pipped in a sprint finish as Norwegian
Kristoff took victory after 185.5km of undulating terrain from Bourg-en-Bresse
to Saint-Etienne, with young Frenchman Arnaud Demare third.

Slovak Sagan said it must be his destiny to keep coming home in second spot
and clung to his green points jersey as some sort of consolation.

“It’s hot, I keep trying hard every day and always I’m second,” he said
with a wry smile.

“I’m just looking forward and I want to come to Paris with the green
jersey.”

He added: “It’s destiny, second place is good, everything was OK. My team
put me on the front in the last 3km. I was in a good position but Kristoff was
better today.”

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Sagan has a mammoth lead of more than 150 points in the green jersey
competition and pretty much needs only to reach Paris to ensure a third
straight success in that competition.

And he said that perhaps he was paying in the final sprints because he is
there almost every day fighting for the win.